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The Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film produced and directed by Mike Nichols. Elaine May's screenplay adapted the 1978 French film La Cage aux Folles, itself an adaptation of a 1973 play. It stars Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as a gay couple whose son (Dan Futterman) is set to marry the daughter (Calista Flockhart) of a conservative senator (Gene Hackman) and his wife (Dianne Wiest). Hank Azaria and Christine Baranski appear in supporting roles. The film marked the first screen collaboration of Nichols and May, who had been a comedy duo in the 1950s and 1960s.

Plot

Armand Goldman is the openly gay owner of a drag club in South Beach called The Birdcage; his effete and flamboyant partner Albert is the star attraction of the club under the name Starina. They live together in an apartment above The Birdcage with Agador, an openly gay, equally flamboyant, Guatemalan housekeeper who aspires to be in Armand's drag show.

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    award Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    contentLocation Miami Miami metropolitan area
    director Mike Nichols
    editor Arthur Schmidt
    genre comedy
    keywords ambush closet conservatism conservative cultural attaché drag drag queen drag show even family man follow force how to id interfaith officiants interfaith service jew jewish let it go married political scandal republican republican party scoop sex worker south beach tabloid journalism tabloid journalists their way we are family wed young woman
    musicBy Jonathan Tunick Stephen Sondheim
    nomination Academy Award for Best Production Design Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
    producer Mike Nichols
    productionCompany Nichols Film Company United Artists
    publisher MGM/UA Distribution Co.
    recordedAt Florida Miami
    theme dance lgbt-related